Patents by Inventor Vivek Kapur

Vivek Kapur has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Pathogenicity and protective attributes of major clones of Escherichia coli recovered from chickens during processing
    Patent number: 6096322
    Abstract: New methods and compositions suitable for the vaccination of poultry against pathogenic Escherichia coli are presented. The invention uses the clonal structure of bacterial populations in order to successfully vaccinate against such poultry pathogens by selecting out closely related non-pathogenic organisms. Live E. coli are used to effect immunization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard A. Wilson, Thomas Whittam, Vivek Kapur
  • Methods and composition for identifying group a streptococcus
    Patent number: 6030835
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for identifying a group A Streptococcus in any of a variety of physiological samples, such as blood, saliva, throat swabs, cerebrospinal fluid, brocheolar lavage material, and biopsy material. The positions used include an extracellular cysteine protease or a fragment thereof, obtainable from S. pyogenes and containing at least one conserved epitope, or nucleic acid encoding the cysteine protease or fragment thereof. The compositions also find use in eliciting a protective immune response against a group A streptococcus infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventors: James M. Musser, Vivek Kapur
  • Escherichia coli strain 364 and use of said strain as a vaccine
    Patent number: 5641491
    Abstract: New methods and compositions suitable for the vaccination of poultry against pathogenic Escherichia coli are presented. The invention uses the clonal structure of bacterial populations in order to successfully vaccinate aginst such poultry pathogens by selecting out closely related non-pathogenic organisms. Live E. coli strain 364 is used to effect immunization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard A. Wilson, Thomas Whittam, Vivek Kapur